Robyn Ross

Independent journalist covering religion, culture, prison tourism and weird stuff. @TexasMonthly, @wpmagazine, @TexasObserver, @TexasHighways, @StrangersGuide

[Ruth Graham @publicroad]

With a deadline for departure looming, about a quarter of the congregations in the United Methodist Church, the country's largest mainline denomination, have departed. Come for the church politics, stay for Wesley the Methodist bulldog. Gift link: https://t.co/MdlqU70LB8

[Rose Cahalan @rosecahalan]

Lunch counter protests helped desegregate Texas in the 1960s. Student activists were spit on, cursed at, and arrested, but persevered. @robynrossatx revisits this history, on display at a perhaps surprising place: The @drpeppermuseum in Waco https://t.co/kZ3RPPQjF4

[Word&Way @WordandWay]

Our roundup features insightful things to read or listen to from @NathanEmpsall, @StraightWhiteJC, @ClaireGiangrave, @TheArtist_MBS, @Forum_18, @grahamtoday, @RobynRossATX, @jnjcasper, @dcoxpolls, and more! (7/7) https://t.co/uNaIKDQuxZ

[TCU Magazine @TCUMagazine]

Remember the Big Switch? If you were able to switch places with the TCU chancellor for one day while in college, drop us a reply. You might be contacted for information for a story.

[Texas Highways Magazine @TexasHighways]

Writer @RobynRossATX explores a trio of East Texas parks that are located one to two hours southeast of Dallas.

Each offers peaceful hikes that introduce visitors to the beauty of the area's transitional landscape. https://t.co/Nh935hH5TW

[Texas Highways Magazine @TexasHighways]

Writer @RobynRossATX has some criteria when she goes hiking with her dog.

The trail must be at least four miles long ✅
There has to be a bathroom ✅
The trail must be wide enough to spot snakes ✅

The Lake Bastrop Trailway checked all those boxes. https://t.co/0D7RLAxS5G

[Robyn Ross @RobynRossATX]

@JenaHeath2 @APIabroad @hollishammonds @sharondnell thank you! the beautiful design is the work of Kathia Ramirez.

[Texas Observer @TexasObserver]

WE DID IT! The Texas Observer will remain open!

Our board voted to rescind both layoffs and the closure. We'll have more news soon, but we believe this is the start of a very positive transformation—and you were made it possible! #TexasNeedsAnObserver! https://t.co/3w4NxmV84a

[Robyn Ross @RobynRossATX]

@DomDiFurio @gusbova @drdrbrockman I love that one. It's a light in the darkness.

[Robyn Ross @RobynRossATX]

@GuardianJessica but look!! https://t.co/LC9afZQAcO

[kms pinafore @theechrisoc]

this Texas Observer crowdfunding campaign is moving so quickly that I had to update the numbers three times while I was writing a story about it:

https://t.co/xFeXCSsqrZ

[Nate Blakeslee @Nate_Blakeslee]

Saving the Observer is not about nostalgia. That National Magazine Award on the bookshelf (not to mention the Emmy) was not there when Molly was editor, wonderful though she was. The Observer's best days are ahead, not behind. Pitch in if you can!

[Lise Olsen @LiseDigger]

The reports of the death of the @TexasObserver were premature. We'd like to keep providing cutting edge investigations on #womenshealthcare #environment, #criminaljustice, #politics #corruption & all things #Texas. Fight proposed layoffs. Contribute now. https://t.co/Tsu0sLovpi

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

UPDATE: the Texas Observer editorial team has sent a formal proposal to the board that oversees the organization. It outlines a number of steps to stave off the impending layoffs and closure of the Observer.

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

UPDATE: the death of the Texas Observer may have been exaggerated as editorial staff formulate a counter proposal to the executive board.

https://t.co/vb8QUF6mAi

[Rose Cahalan @rosecahalan]

Did you know that the founder of @HEB was a woman? Florence Butt opened the first store after her husband became too ill to work. @RobynRossATX tells her story: https://t.co/UiP0ojYjxB

[Robyn Ross @RobynRossATX]

@ZenaDistrict9 Or to adopt candidate Mitchell's excellent idea to make Austin a no-idle city?

[Robyn Ross @RobynRossATX]

@CTXMobility Thanks, hope this applies to bills due Sunday.

[Texas State Parks @TPWDparks]

What does the fox 🦊 say?

Sound on 🔉

#PedernalesFalls #TexasStateParks #WildlifeWednesday

[Natalia Contreras @NataliaECG]

Gillespie County and Fredericksburg, Texas made national news recently after the entire elections staff there quit. I found out there’s more: it began with something in the water and before the Big Lie. My latest for @VotebeatUS⁩/⁦@TexasTribune⁩ https://t.co/Oy9CYZX2yB